John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Lord Lyttleton. (17091773)
1 For his chaste Muse employd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot.
Prologue to Thomsons Coriolanus.
2 Women, like princes, find few real friends.
Advice to a Lady.
3 What is your sexs earliest, latest care, Your hearts supreme ambition? To be fair.
Advice to a Lady.
4 The lover in the husband may be lost.
Advice to a Lady.
5 How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
An Irregular Ode.
6 None without hope eer lovd the brightest fair, But love can hope where reason would despair.
Epigram.
7 Where none admire, t is useless to excel; Where none are beaux, t is vain to be a belle.
Soliloquy on a Beauty in the Country.
8 Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain; The heart can neer a transport know That never feels a pain.
Song.